Rugby railway station

Rugby
Station entrance in September 2019
General information
Location	Rugby, Borough of Rugby England
Coordinates	52°22′44″N 1°15′00″W / 52.379°N 1.250°W / 52.379; -1.250
Grid reference	SP511759
Managed by	Avanti West Coast
Platforms	6
Other information
Station code	RUG
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Opened	9 January 1838; 186 years ago (1838-01-09) (as Rugby)
Original company	London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 July 1840	First station replaced by second
5 July 1885	Second station replaced by third
25 September 1950	Renamed Rugby Midland
4 May 1970	Renamed Rugby
2006–2008	Remodelled
Passengers
2018/19	2.696 million
Interchange	0.128 million
2019/20	2.680 million
Interchange	0.106 million
2020/21	0.556 million
Interchange	18,586
2021/22	1.696 million
Interchange	63,266
2022/23	1.913 million
Interchange	0.181 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rugby railway station serves the market town of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. The current station dates from 1885; two previous stations dating from 1838 and 1840 respectively, existed at locations to the west of the current one. It has been Rugby's only station, since the closure of the former Rugby Central station in 1969, on the now-abandoned Great Central Main Line route through the town. Between 1950 and 1970, the station was known as Rugby Midland before reverting to its original title. The station underwent an extensive remodelling between 2006 and 2008; new platforms were added and a new ticket office and entrance building were constructed. The original Victorian part of the station was retained in the upgrade.

Rugby Station is at the centre of two important junctions of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) connecting London to Birmingham, North West England, and Scotland. The junction between the Trent Valley line to the North West and the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line to Birmingham is a short distance west of the station. East of the station, the Northampton loop diverges at a junction from the direct line to London. Until the 1960s, it also had routes to Leicester, Peterborough East and Leamington Spa (Avenue) but these have all since been closed.

The present station, managed by Avanti West Coast, is located roughly half a mile north of Rugby town centre. On the WCML as a whole, it is located 82 miles (132 km) north of London Euston and 319 miles (513 km) south of Glasgow Central.